While Khrushchev was weighing how to use the old, weak, sick and disabled to drain the German offensive, an officer pushed open the door to the conference room.

The lights overhead flickered, the voltage here was often unstable, and the underground bunkers were mainly powered by machines, and instability was a matter of course.

The earth trembled, and listening to the dull sounds, you knew that the German bombardment had begun again.

This time the sound was relatively small, which proved that the German artillery bombardment was far away, probably concentrated in the west of the city, and it was estimated that it was a large-scale retaliation for the Soviet counterattack.

"Comrade Commissar! The latest news from the Northern Defense District! The officer who walked in looked at Konev, then looked away, looked at Khrushchev and said.

News from the Northern Defense Zone? Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then a bitter expression appeared on their faces - the news about the defense zone is probably not good news.

Sure enough, after reading the news, Khrushchev's face suddenly became gloomy, he threw the report on the table, looked at Konev and snorted coldly and stopped talking.

Konev stood up, reached for the report paper on the table, and carefully read the words on it.

As a result, his face also became gloomy: the Germans and the Finnish army had broken through to Medich an hour earlier!

Medich is an important gateway to the north of Moscow, and the occupation of it means that the entire north of Moscow has become a front-line theater!

More importantly, if Medich is lost, then Moscow's connection with the outside world will be left with a narrow passage - even this passage may be cut off at any time.

If the German army wants to join forces victoriously, it only needs to flank the Soviet army from the north and south, and advance a distance of less than 100 kilometers.

Khrushchev already knew that Yegoryevsk was occupied by the Germans, and Kolomna near Yegoryevsk had naturally become the pocket of the German army.

Along with these messages came the news that Guderian's vanguard of Group G had advanced to Voskretschensk.

Voskresensk is indeed not far from Mediich, and more importantly, there is no buffer in between.

"Comrade Khrushchev, I need to go back to the headquarters......" Konev said with a bitter face after reading the contents of the paper.

"At the very least, we should put in elite reserves and hold Balashika and Noginsk! Prevent the Germans from breaking through to these places and cutting off our connection with Vladimir! He hurriedly put on his hat, looked at Khrushchev and said.

"We have only two lines of communication left to the outside world, one is the main route to Vladimir, and the other is the road to Nizhny Novgorod." He put on his military cap and waited for Khrushchev's order to end the meeting.

As the main leader of Moscow's defense, Khrushchev naturally knew how important these two roads were to Moscow.

The road between Vladimir and Moscow has always been the main road for transporting supplies, and although the Germans have bombed it regularly, they have not been able to completely cut it off.

And the road to Nizhny Novgorod is the most important addition to the Vladimir transport line, and of course very important.

Now the German Army Group North was only about 20 kilometers away from the road between Moscow and Vladimir.

The vanguard of Guderian's G cluster was also stopped about 20 kilometers from the road between Moscow and Nizhny Novgorod.

Like two nails, just like that, they were nailed to the most vulnerable flanks of Moscow. Now Germany is only one step away from encircling Moscow.

"I know! I know! I know what you're talking about! What now? Send people to defend these places? And then what? Khrushchev repeatedly questioned two sentences, leaving Konev speechless.

What else can I do? As usual, send men to defend and draw the best troops to plug these holes and holes, which they were doing two months ago.

But then what? The German advance continued, and their repeated efforts to plug the holes were declared failures.

Khrushchev was not undecided, and was indecisive and unwilling to send his own soldiers to defend these passages.

But after he did this, he only held out for a few days, and then the defense line was broken through by the Germans, and Moscow fell into an encirclement.

So he sat back in his place, looked at Konev, who was already standing at the door, and said with a sneer: "And then? And then the line of defense was broken, and the Germans still surrounded Moscow, what was the use? ”

In the present situation, the losses of the defenders of Moscow have already been beaten by the new recruits who have been replenished. If two more lines of defense are opened, who will fill the greater losses?

You must know that the German army is ready to take Moscow at all costs, because once Moscow is captured, it will be equivalent to cutting off the Soviet Union's transportation arteries, and by the way, more than 1 million elite German troops will be relieved.

Once these troops become mobile troops, it is a matter of arbitrariness whether they will go south to Ukraine or go east to Chelyabinsk and other places.

After all, the Soviets no longer had many troops to defend against such a large enemy force, and it was possible that the Germans would advance along the railway line to the Far East in one go.

"But, Comrade Khrushchev, if we don't do this, then in a few days the Germans will be able to encircle us, and then it will be impossible for us to get supplies." Konev was silent for a long time, and then squeezed out such a sentence.

And then, without waiting for Khrushchev to say anything, he continued: "Moreover, if someone wants to leave Moscow, it will be impossible. ”

After all, leaving a passage, leaving a passage to the outside world, for Khrushchev, still has a little effect.

A passage can not only be used to receive supplies from the outside world, but also to escape from the encirclement. And the latter is what Khrushchev really cared about.

Although there is not much chance, he can still leave Moscow and escape from this ghost place that is about to be occupied by the Germans! With this hope, Khrushchev was able to sleep peacefully every night.

If this hope was dashed, it would be difficult for Khrushchev to imagine how he would have been able to hold on in a state of utter despair.

So he was silent for a long time, and at last when all the people attending the meeting thought that he was asleep with his eyes open, he opened his mouth and squeezed out a hoarse voice: "Draw troops, hold those places!" Be quick! ”